Azm-e-Nau-3, 10 April to 13 May.
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i think it is in fate of cold satrt doctrine of indian army well in this excerise what is our doctrine
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010
By Mariana Baabar
ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of Pakistans military exercises, 20,000 troops from all arms and services, including the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), are set to try the Modular Method of field exercises in the Punjab and Sindh.
The last large-scale field exercise, Zarb-e-Momin, was held in 1989, when the Army chief was General Mirza Aslam Beg and the prime minister was Benazir Bhutto. Defence attaches from selected embassies would be invited to witness and evaluate these war games, while India has been informed about these exercises.
These Army war games, Azm-e-Nau-3, will be held from April 10 to May 13, which sees the culmination of a long and deliberate process of war games, discussions and logistic evolution of the concept of warfare that is fully responsive to a wide menu of emerging threats. The exercise is a concept of validation stage of the operational thought process manifested in the form of tactical, operational and organisational aspects, which would be validated and refined through the lessons learnt, said Director General Military Training Major General Muzammal Hussain while talking in Rawalpindi to the print and electronic media flown in from all over Pakistan.
Though Hussain lacked the eloquence and sophistication of media handling, help was at hand with DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas, who handled the trickier questions thrown by the media in his normal graceful and professional manner.
However, the general was not willing to get into the financial aspect of these field exercises, by giving a definite sum, only saying they would be paid from the Army budget already in place for the fiscal.
The Azm-e-Nau, which will see the Modular Method, might be smaller in size than the Zarb-e-Momin, but it will have the capability to expand on a much larger scale, keeping in mind the present environment and challenges that the nation faces.
According to Muzammal Hussain, India is still the major and very serious concern for Pakistan because of its capabilities and till all the political issues between the two countries are resolved, no nation could afford to lower its guard.
He said special care would be taken to ensure that there was no harm to civilian areas or crops and the recent PAF exercise on the motorway in no way created any damage while landing and take-off.
Hussain said the Army was not only training in areas of conventional warfare but training in urban terrorism was also included. He added that today, the Army, while trying to reduce the space for war, was being trained to take on threats, not only from its eastern and western borders, but also from urban terrorism.
Answering a question, Athar Abbas said whether the Army could be involved in matters of internal security, like cleaning and lining of water canals as it had been in the past under General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, was a decision that could only be taken by the Army chief.
A special feature of this exercise would be harvesting the technological advancements in intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance and communication means that have revolutionised the warfare. These shall be optimally leveraged in the forthcoming exercise. These capabilities are expected to act as force multipliers by reducing the fog of war for own troops, obviating enemy surprise and reducing own reaction time. All the available surveillance and reconnaissance assets would be practised/utilised in the exercise to validate their efficacy, General Hussain added.
20,000 troops to take part in war games Azm-e-Nau-3
By Mariana Baabar
ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of Pakistans military exercises, 20,000 troops from all arms and services, including the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), are set to try the Modular Method of field exercises in the Punjab and Sindh.
The last large-scale field exercise, Zarb-e-Momin, was held in 1989, when the Army chief was General Mirza Aslam Beg and the prime minister was Benazir Bhutto. Defence attaches from selected embassies would be invited to witness and evaluate these war games, while India has been informed about these exercises.
These Army war games, Azm-e-Nau-3, will be held from April 10 to May 13, which sees the culmination of a long and deliberate process of war games, discussions and logistic evolution of the concept of warfare that is fully responsive to a wide menu of emerging threats. The exercise is a concept of validation stage of the operational thought process manifested in the form of tactical, operational and organisational aspects, which would be validated and refined through the lessons learnt, said Director General Military Training Major General Muzammal Hussain while talking in Rawalpindi to the print and electronic media flown in from all over Pakistan.
Though Hussain lacked the eloquence and sophistication of media handling, help was at hand with DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas, who handled the trickier questions thrown by the media in his normal graceful and professional manner.
However, the general was not willing to get into the financial aspect of these field exercises, by giving a definite sum, only saying they would be paid from the Army budget already in place for the fiscal.
The Azm-e-Nau, which will see the Modular Method, might be smaller in size than the Zarb-e-Momin, but it will have the capability to expand on a much larger scale, keeping in mind the present environment and challenges that the nation faces.
According to Muzammal Hussain, India is still the major and very serious concern for Pakistan because of its capabilities and till all the political issues between the two countries are resolved, no nation could afford to lower its guard.
He said special care would be taken to ensure that there was no harm to civilian areas or crops and the recent PAF exercise on the motorway in no way created any damage while landing and take-off.
Hussain said the Army was not only training in areas of conventional warfare but training in urban terrorism was also included. He added that today, the Army, while trying to reduce the space for war, was being trained to take on threats, not only from its eastern and western borders, but also from urban terrorism.
Answering a question, Athar Abbas said whether the Army could be involved in matters of internal security, like cleaning and lining of water canals as it had been in the past under General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, was a decision that could only be taken by the Army chief.
A special feature of this exercise would be harvesting the technological advancements in intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance and communication means that have revolutionised the warfare. These shall be optimally leveraged in the forthcoming exercise. These capabilities are expected to act as force multipliers by reducing the fog of war for own troops, obviating enemy surprise and reducing own reaction time. All the available surveillance and reconnaissance assets would be practised/utilised in the exercise to validate their efficacy, General Hussain added.
20,000 troops to take part in war games Azm-e-Nau-3
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Pakistan is not using this one i guess. this is not Pakistani.
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Actually Pak armys M.I corps is using Fahad APCs bought from Saudi Arabia........
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any source or picture????????
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alfahd infantry fighting vehicle use by pakistan army bought from KSA
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